Speakers and Program 2016

Speakers

As in past years, we are proud to welcome international speakers who will be flying to Israel specifically to present and share in the great MEGAComm experience.

We also highlight Israel’s local talent who come to share their expertise and experience with you.

This year’s keynote speaker is Kasper Szymanski. We are very happy to have Kaspar join us because he does not work for Google – but he used to! Now that Kaspar is no longer under the restrictions of Google employees, he can answer your questions about how Google works from the inside out.

Today Kaspar is a founding member of Search Brothers and well-known Google Search expert specializing in recovering websites from Google penalties and helping websites improve their organic visibility with SEO Consulting. Before founding SearchBrothers.com, Kaspar was working for over seven years for the Google Search Quality team where he became the driving force behind global web spam tackling initiatives and the public face for Google Search spearheading webmaster outreach and communication efforts.

We’re busy scheduling the most amazing presentations this year…we hope to get this to you soon. In the meantime, here’s a pretty decent list of what we’ve scheduled so far.

The conference is organised in three tracks, (Technical Communications, Marketing & User-Focused Content), but feel free to go to whatever interests you.

2016 Presentations

Caveat: Things are moving quickly so this list is currently tentative!

Technical Communication Track:

Stop Being a Technical Writer and Start Being an Interface Designer

Yehuda Berlinger

Senior Technical Editor

As a good technical writer, you work in tandem with product development to make the customer’s experience as painless as possible. As such, you must represent the customer to ensure that the product is simpler, thus requiring less documentation. If you’re really good at your job, you can eliminate the need for it altogether. Then what?

Yoel Strimling

Present a narrow, comprehensive, and empirically based set of distinct, reader-oriented information quality dimensions that can be used to create a robust “documentation quality” model

Demonstrate how I used these dimensions to determine and compare how writers and readers actually define “documentation quality”

Show you what the differences are and what can be done to bridge any gaps

Trends, and Their Implications and Opportunities for New User Experiences in Technical Writing

The change in the IT world is not only about technological change, it’s also about changing demographics (Millennials are nudging the 50% proportion of the global workforce, and Generation “α” is upon us). IT vendors are working hard at creating new User Experiences.

This talk will look at some of these trends, and the implications/opportunities for those involved in Technical Writing:

Moderator: Charlie Kalech
Director, J-Town Internet Services Ltd.

Mordecai Holtz
Co-CEO Blue Thread Marketing

Hadassah Levy
Digital Marketer, i-Point Media Group

User-generated content gives consumers a voice and can help maximize sales revenue, while also building brand affinity and trust.

Tired of struggling to crank out the endless streams of content needed to appease today’s consumers? You’re in luck! There is an option for companies looking to refresh their content and the power of social media.

How can modern businesses empower, inspire and delegate some of these brand-building responsibilities to the most unlikely voice — their customer.

There’s never been a better time to start using user generated content to engage your customers.

But how can a company start with such a campaign?

How does a company identify the right ambassadors?

What about native content?

Where does UGC fit into the classic marketing mix?

How can social media be used to not only identify the right people but also reach out and engage them?

Gag Me! When Content Meets Politics

Sara Halevi
Director of Marketing, Energiya Global

In her role as Director of Communications for an international solar energy developer, Sara tangles with various political forces including governments, DFIs (Development Finance Institutions), NGOs, commercial entities and investors. In this presentation she will share her insights into the powers that influence content from the top down and share how we can leverage conflicting tensions to strengthen our messaging.

Getting The Right Message To The Right People

Charlie Kalech
Director, J-Town Internet Services Ltd.

Information Overload

Instant Gratification

ADHD

24/7/365 Connectivity

Broadband

Smartphones

We are inundated with information, bombarded with ads and assaulted by multimedia.

As marketers, it is time to take a step back and reexamine how to get the right message to the right people. In this session, we will learn methods to present your information to qualified potential customers in a way that is informative and helpful, leading to better relationships and engagement.

Funnels, Conversions and Optimization (Oh My!)

Ben Shaffer, CEO Shaffer Enterprises and Marketing Ltd.

Almost everyone has problems getting traffic to their website or attracting clients. The problem is NOT that customers aren’t out there needing your widgets. The problem is that you aren’t able to spend enough money to get them. By optimizing your marketing methods and spend, you will never have a problem of attracting clients again.

Panel Discussion: Social Media Hotseat

Even the so-called social media experts among us need help. We often post questions to Facebook or LinkedIn groups looking for a solution to a quandary we have come across. This panel is the live version of those groups. Come ask your questions, bring us your queries and problems; be they technical, ethical, strategic or practical. Our community is here to help!